Gathering stories of ‘Tin Town’
Photo: Local Literacy For Life Foundation staff Gail Turnbull, Rose Jones, Mark Jones and Debbie Welsh around the ‘Tin Town’ site. Team members at the Literacy for Life Foundation are …
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‘Unsafe’ housing delays medical emergency
Photo: Wayne Regan in the hallway of his Gulargambone home. A delayed trip to the hospital has highlighted a Gulargambone man’s need for disability-friendly housing as he questions the long …
Rare Regent Honeyeater sighting
PHOTO: The image of a critically endangered Regent Honeyeater feeding on White Box blossoms in the Pilliga Forest taken by birdo May Whittall. Birdwatchers and conservationists alike are buzzing with …
Baradine pushes for police protection
PHOTO: Adrian Worrell took advantage of voting day in Baradine to gather petition signatures from concerned locals like Garnett Martin. IMAGE: Liz Cutts Baradine residents are expressing growing concerns over …
RAAF buzzes Baradine
Baradine experienced a louder than usual ANZAC Day service when an air force plane buzzed the main street. The PC-21 training bird flew about 150 metres directly above Lachlan Street …
New skills shaping up the old tip
PHOTO: Paul Blattman has received machinery qualifications he never thought possible. Clean up is well underway at the old rubbish tip at the end of Windagee Street as Coonamble Shire …
ANZAC Day trading restricted
PHOTO: Coonamble Cellars owner Rodney Vallett will shut for ANZAC Day following new NSW trading rules coming into effect this year. A Coonamble bottle shop owner says new trading restrictions …
Paediatrician visit a game-changer for Coonamble families
PHOTO: Speech pathologist Lisa Hall, CAHS manager Ruth Luppino and paediatrician Dr Jen Gatenby. Coonamble could see regular paediatric visits every month at the Coonamble Aboriginal Health Service (CAHS) after …
$200,000 means a watertight roof for the Plaza
PHOTO: Outback Arts was excited to receive news of the ClubsNSW grant which will help with expensive roof repairs on the Plaza Theatre. The Plaza Theatre is a step closer …
Celebrating the special world of Down Syndrome
PHOTO: The team from Elephant in the Room were out and about in their sensational socks: Emma Horan, MJ Wallace, Ashlee McDowell, Brooke Skinner, Donna Horan Every year on 21 …
Coonamble’s first women’s refuge comes closer
PHOTO: A concept design for the Core & Cluster style women’s refuge proposed for Limerick Street, Coonamble. IMAGE: CSC March 2025 Business Papers The funding for Coonamble’s first women’s refuge, …
Tess is off to the Sydney Royal
PHOTO: Tessa Parry [front row in red] is Coonamble’s Young Woman representative vying for the state title this year. Pictured with the other zone 6 finalists. What better way to …